Science Education & Policy

Mom's 'Natural High'- Brain Reward Centers Lit Up By Baby Smiles

Unless you are Scrooge McDuck or have a life-size poster of Dr. Eric R. Pianka on your wall, you probably like to see babies smile. It isn't just you. In a mother, her baby's smile also lights up the reward centers of her brain, just like free mo ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2008 - 6:52pm

Calgary To Host International Oil Sands Workshop & Exhibition

CALGARY, Alberta, July 7 /PRNewswire/-- Calgary will play host for the second year to the Oil Sands and Heavy Oil Technologies Conference & Exhibition, July 15-17 at the Calgary, TELUS Convention Centre. The inaugural show, held in July 2007 in Calgar ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 7 2008 - 3:30pm

The Choice: Conservation Of Species Or Carbon Sequestration

Paying rural landowners in Oregon's Willamette Basin to protect at-risk animals won't necessarily mean that their newly conserved trees and plants will absorb more carbon from the atmosphere and vice versa, a new study has found. The study, to be ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2008 - 6:26pm

How Common Is Relationship Violence Among College Students?

Violence between partners, friends and acquaintances appears prevalent both before and during college, according to results of a survey of students at three urban college campuses published in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medic ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2008 - 6:44pm

LOMA Selects CSC To Conduct Insurance Industry Exams In India

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, July 8 /PRNewswire/--- CSC and LOMA Extend Relationship to Jointly Promote Insurance/Financial Services Education in Region CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced that LOMA, a leading trade association in the international insurance and f ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 12:33am

RADI Medical Systems Launches Next Generation PressureWire(R) Certus

UPPSALA, Sweden, July 8 /PRNewswire/-- RADI Medical Systems today announced improvements to their latest generation pressure sensing guide wire, PressureWire(R) Certus, which will begin shipments immediately. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20 ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 3:30am

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking Selects Centrify DirectControl For A Pilot Deployment To Optimize Cross-Platform

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 8 /PRNewswire/-- Centrify Corporation, a leading provider of Microsoft Active Directory-based auditing, access control and identity management solutions for non-Microsoft platforms, today announced that Societe Generale Cor ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 8:33am

Intensive Courses In Business Administration As Distance Learning Courses

BASEL, Switzerland, July 8 /PRNewswire/-- With their nine-month extra-occupational intensive course in "Business Administration" the Betriebswirtschaftliches Institut und Seminar Basel (http://www.business-education.ch) addresses managers and se ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 9:30am

Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2008 Winners

PARIS, July 8 /PRNewswire/--- Students address environmental sustainability with innovative technology; torch passes to Egypt for Imagine Cup 2009. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 11:30am

Global Health Progress Joins WHO And DNDi To Call For Increased Commitments To Fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases

TOYAKO, Japan, July 8 /PRNewswire/--- One billion people suffer from preventable, treatable diseases around the world- Statement by Dr. Paul Antony, medical director Global Health Progress ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 2:33pm